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Assigning Material and Post Processing Results
In this section, we are going to assign material to our model. As we mentioned before, here is the coil, and we want to assign copper as its material.
Assigning Material
- Assign the material by mentioning copper.
- Click on View/Edit Material to see the parameters. We won't change them today, but note that there is no BH curve here.
- You'll see a change when we choose a different material, such as steel, in the next step.
- Currently, the coil is under not assigned. As soon as I click, it will move to a new category, which is copper.
Assigning Material to Armature and Frame
- Next, we will choose the armature and the frame and assign material again.
- You can either right-click on the model or on the left-hand side. This time, we will use Steel 1010 for this example.
- View the material to see the BH curve. If you want a hysteresis model, you need to import a dataset.
- Import a dataset using a tab file. Ensure the last number on the left and right sides are the same but negative.
- For example, start with -1.7 and go to +1.7 to see hysteresis behavior.
Setup and Analysis
- We assigned the material, made the excitation, and added the force.
- Additional settings include mesh and analysis setup.
- Our setup is 0.1 for set time and time step.
- Ensure you are on transient at the beginning. Change the solution type by right-clicking and selecting the correct one.
Running the Model
- Run the model and analyze the results.
- Plot different results such as input current and surface current.
- Review hysteresis and demonstrate a model using ANSYS for hysteresis material, specifically an armature.
Conclusion
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So in this section, we are going to assign material. As we mentioned before, here is the coil, and we want to make that a copper. So assign the material. Mention copper here, and as you can see, if we click on "View Edit Material," we can change the parameters, which we're not going to do today.
But note that there is no BH curve here. You'll see a change when we choose a different material, such as steel, for the next step. So please note that the coil is currently unassigned, and as soon as I hit "click," it will change the material. So we can change the material.
So please note that the coil is currently unassigned, and as soon as I hit "click," a new category is created, which is copper. Next, we're going to choose the armature and the frame, and here we'll be assigning material again. You can either right-click on the model or you can right-click here.
This time, I'm doing the left-hand side, and we are going to use the steel 1010 for this example. Now, view material. You see there is a BH curve. And now, we're going to give the caliber option. Here, once you click on that BH curve, there is already a curve that you can see here.
So this is when you don't have any hysteresis. If you want to have a hysteresis model, you need to go and import a data set here. So I'm going to do that right now. You can use different extensions, but the best one is the tab file. So use tab. As you can see, this popped up.
Choose that one, and please note the change here. You can either do that by importing a file, or you can also do it manually by inserting numbers here. Just make sure that the very last number here, on the left-hand side and the right-hand side, are exactly the same but negative.
So, as you can see, we start with -1.7 and all the way to +1. 7. If you choose this chart, you'll see a hysteresis behavior. If you don't choose that one and stick with the last one that I showed you, you will see a non-hysteresis behavior.
So that's how you see different materials in terms of hysteresis behavior, and you can solve them to see the effect of hysteresis. So far, we can see that everyone said it was easy. Now, let's close that one and go to the opposite side. We move forward by some steps, and we move to another.
Are you sure the service is okay? So meet the Hysteresis BHQ of the TC. And lastly, this is force versus current and it's also showing that behavior.
So we reviewed very quickly what hysteresis is and showed a model that uses ANSYS to solve a simulation for hysteresis material, which was an armature. I hope you liked this video and found it useful. If you have any questions, please let us know.
And as I mentioned before, we are a light channel partner of ANSYS. We use physics-based simulation to solve multidisciplinary engineering problems.
If you have any questions or need any services, please feel free to reach us at [info@OdenInc.com](mailto:info@OdenInc.com), and we are located in the Bay Area, California. Have a great day. Thanks for watching.
